Shoe tree



March 30, 1948. E. H. GREENBERG SHOE TREE Filed Nov. 19, 1946 Patented Mar. 3 0, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHOE TREE Edward H. Greenberg, St. Louis, ll/io. Application November 19, 1946, Serial No. 710,804

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in shoe trees, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device of the character herein described which may be effectively employed with various types of shoes, such as high heeled shoes, toeless shoes, heel-less shoes, sandals and the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shoe tree which may be readily applied to and removed from the shoe and which is easily adjustable so as to accommodate shoes of various sizes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shoe tree which is simple in construction and which will readily lend itself to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects in view, and such other objects as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, partially broken away to reveal its construction.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective detail, and

Figure 4 is a front view of the same.

Like characters of reference are used to desig- I nate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention consists of a shoe tree designated generally by the reference character I0, the same embodying in its construction a hollow toe cap I I, congurated substantially as shown and provided on the upper surface of its lower wall I2 with a pair of spaced parallel guides I3.

The guides I3 form a channel therebetween, and one end portion I4 of an extension arm I5 is slidably receivable in said channel, as will be clearly understood. The end portion I4 is provided in the upper surface thereof with a longitudinally extending recess I6 and the bottom of this recess is, in turn, formed with a longitudinal slot I'I.

The bottom wall l2 of the toe cap II is formed with a countersink I8 to receive a suitable screw I9, the shank of the latter extending through the slot I'I and engaging a nut 20 slidably positioned in the recess I6.

The aforementioned extension arm I is of a substantially diamond-shaped cross sectional configuration and is angulated upwardly as at 2| to provide an upraised arcuate, handle 22. The -free end portion of the arm I5 is downturned and 1 Claim. (Cl. 17E-128.6)

forms an arcuate heel-piece 23 which, in turn, terminates in a cylindrical extremity '24.

When the invention is placed in use, the toe cap II and the heel-piece .23 are inserted in the respective corresponding portions of the shoe, as will be clearly understood.

The shoe tree may, of course, be readily adjusted to accommodate' shoes of various sizes, this being accomplished by simply loosening of the screw I9 and sliding the arm portion I4 between the guides I3 as required. After the necessary adjustment has been made, the screw I9 is, of course, retightened. It will be also observed that the shoe tree, together with the associated shoe, may be conveniently carried by simply grasping the handle portion 22.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is considered unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has xbeen shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

A shoe tree comprising in combination, a hollow toe cap, a pair of spaced parallel guides forming a channel in said cap, an extension arm, the forward end portion of said arm being slidable in said channel and being formed with a longitudinal slot, the mid-portion of said arm being arcuated and constituting an upraised handle, the remaining end portion of said arm being downturned and terminating in an arcuate heel-piece, and a clamping bolt provided on said cap and extending through said slot, whereby said arm and said cap are adjustably connected together.

EDWARD H. GREENBERG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in th file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 872,013 Powis Nov. 26, 1907 1,000,718 Eckelmann June 23, 1914 1,133,077 Williams et al Mar. 23, 1915 1,874,923 DeWitt Aug. 30, 1932 1,917,041 Legge July 4, 1933 2,047,460 Clark et al July 14, 1936 

